Brazil takes on the European Refugee Crisis
In 2016 significantly less refugees_____in Europe than the year before. The Organization for Migration and the EU border agency Frontex have reported a notable decline in the number of migrants arriving on Europe's shores by nearly two-thirds. These numbers, however, are by no means an indication of improvement in the international situation of refugees.
It's evident that something has to change in the international mindset to bring an end to the enduring human rights violations concerning millions of people. Surprisingly, a potential wind of change has come from Brazil, a country facing a deep economic and political crisis.
Brazil is one of the biggest recipients of refugees in Latin America. In 2013 they introduced a humanitarian visa program for Syrians, processing 8.450 humanitarian visas on basis of which more than 2.000 Syrian refugees have already settled in Brazil. Brazil has several reasons to pursue a recipient immigration policy. Receiving immigrants from all over the world helps to boost the country’s international reputation and to turn around its negative image regarding a high crime rate and an even higher external debt. Immigrants in Brazil also seem to be perceived as less as a (financial) burden than in many European countries.
Fonte: www.dailymail.com.uk
GLOSSARY*mindset - atitudes das pessoas
*enduring - resistente, duradoura
*financial burden - carga financeira
01 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
Choose the best verbal form to have the text completed correctly:
(A) arrived
(B) had arrived
(C) have arrived
(D) have been arriving
02 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
According to the text, we can say that
(A) just Syrians refugees are settled in Brazil.
(B) Brazil has supported many Syrian refugees.
(C) Brazil has no interest in humanitarian programs.
(D) due to the huge crisis, Brazil has refused foreigners.
(A) besides.
(B) although.
(C) moreover.
(D) in addition.
(B) Brazil has supported many Syrian refugees.
(C) Brazil has no interest in humanitarian programs.
(D) due to the huge crisis, Brazil has refused foreigners.
03 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
As used in (line 5), 'however' is closest in meaning to
(B) although.
(C) moreover.
(D) in addition.
04 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
'a potential wind of change has come (...)' in bold in the text,
means
(A) there's a possibility of change.
(B) the changing has just started.
(C) the changing has happened.
(D) there's a hope of changing.
(B) the changing has just started.
(C) the changing has happened.
(D) there's a hope of changing.
According to the cartoon,
(A) the guy is arguing with his parents about his graduation gift.
(B) the guy’s father is being intentionally sarcastic about the issue.
(C) the guy’s parents are discussing about their present graduation.
(D) the guy’s parents are expecting to win a great gift for his graduation.
(B) the guy’s father is being intentionally sarcastic about the issue.
(C) the guy’s parents are discussing about their present graduation.
(D) the guy’s parents are expecting to win a great gift for his graduation.
❑ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text and answer questions 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 and 11:
Inside Lilium, The World’s First Vertical Takeoff And
Landing Private Jet
The project came about when Daniel Wiegand - one of the four founders of Lilium - wanted to realize flying for the masses in a fast, inexpensive, efficient and eco-friendly way. ‘Our goal is to develop an aircraft that doesn’t need the complex and expensive infrastructure of an airport, can be used close to urban areas, and doesn’t produce too much noise and pollution,’ he said. So to produce this new class of airplanes that could take off and land vertically anywhere with a surface area of 250 square feet by 2018, Wiegand and his team in Germany came up with a design using electric engines and incorporated movable fan turbines.
Fonte: www.forbes.com
GLOSSARY
- *glimpse - uma ideia para entender melhor algo
a) is
b) was
c) will be
d) would be
According to the text, Lilium
a) is a European Space Agency business incubator center.
b) is a helicopter with a vertical takeoff and landing system.
c) is an electric jet with lower cost for short range journeys.
d) is an unmanned aircraft which is affordable for the masses.
b) is a helicopter with a vertical takeoff and landing system.
c) is an electric jet with lower cost for short range journeys.
d) is an unmanned aircraft which is affordable for the masses.
08 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
Write (T) for true statements and (F) for false statements and choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
( ) The noise created by Lilium is too loud.
( ) Lilium will be a sustainable form of air transportation.
( ) Lilium has fan engines and an innovative technology to cut pollution.
( ) A European Space Agency designed an amazing aircraft with space for more than two people to sit.
a) F - F - T - T
b) T - F - F - T
c) T - T - T - F
d) F - T - F - F
09 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
Choose the alternative in which the prefix ‘in-’ was used to form an opposite.
a) incubator (line 3)
b) inexpensive (line 12)
c) incorporated (line 20)
d) infrastructure (line 14)
b) inexpensive (line 12)
c) incorporated (line 20)
d) infrastructure (line 14)
10 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
Which word, in bold in the text, means approximately?
a) by
b) about
c) close to
d) between
a) by
b) about
c) close to
d) between
11 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
As used in (line 5), ‘currently’ can be replaced by
a) now.
b) finally.
c) actually.
d) eventually.
a) now.
b) finally.
c) actually.
d) eventually.
❑ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the extract and answer the question 12.
To be or not to be
Innovations/ Thompson
12 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
a) If you borrow something, you must refuse to give it back.
b) If you are not a borrower, you can’t be a lender.
c) Don’t be a lender or a borrower.
d) It’s better to borrow than save.
❑ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text and answer questions 13, 14 and 15.
My little boy came in the other day with a really serious look on his face and said, ‘Dad, do you mind if I ask you a question? Where do I come from?’ I’d been dreading this question for ages, but like a good father, I sat him down and gently told him all about the birds and the bees. When I’d finished, he was very quite. He then got up and went, ‘thank you, Dad’ and headed for the door. I said, ‘So what made you ask me?’ and he turned around and said, ‘I just want to know, because Bobby next door says HE comes from Manchester!’
‘headed’, underlined in the text, means
The birds and the bees
Fonte: Innovations/ Thompson
13 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
a) turned the head.
b) went towards.
c) looked.
d) pushed.
b) went towards.
c) looked.
d) pushed.
14 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
a) children are always polemic.
b) no adults are prepared to answer some issues.
c) after simple questions, it’s better to give simple answers.
d) fathers and sons almost always have difficulty in getting along.
b) no adults are prepared to answer some issues.
c) after simple questions, it’s better to give simple answers.
d) fathers and sons almost always have difficulty in getting along.
15 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
In
“I’d been dreading this question for ages (...)”,
we can infer that
a) the father wasn’t expecting that question.
b) his father’s words could be perfectly understood.
c) the father was well prepared to answer the question.
d) the father feared the day his son would ask him questions about sex.
❑ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text and answer questions 16, 17, 18 and 19:
JetBlue ... The crisis? Never heard of it...
Paradoxically, Southwest Airlines, the No.1 success story in the US air transport today, was founded before deregulation (in 1972), though it did take advantage of it. Many of those who tried to imitate the Southwest model came to grief. Not JetBlue,______just four years after it was formed is continuing to grow at a spectacular rate.
Fonte: Revista Planet Aero-Space
GLOSSARY- come to grief - falir
- deregulation - desregulamentação
16 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
(A) that / how
(B) when / that
(C) that / which
(D) which / when
(B) when / that
(C) that / which
(D) which / when
17 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
According to the text, it’s correct to say that
a) just a few airlines have survived the crisis.
b) big companies get better results than the others.
c) none of the 82 airlines formed in 10 years has failed so far.
d) domestic air transport market in the USA is not really vulnerable to newcomers.
b) big companies get better results than the others.
c) none of the 82 airlines formed in 10 years has failed so far.
d) domestic air transport market in the USA is not really vulnerable to newcomers.
18 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
‘Paradoxically’, in bold in the text was used to express
a) similar ideas.
b) opposite features.
c) additional information.
d) negative consequences.
b) opposite features.
c) additional information.
d) negative consequences.
19 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
According to the text, all alternatives are correct, EXCEPT:
a) there’s no crisis for JetBlue.
b) JetBlue has been growing for four years.
c) crisis is something never heard by JetBlue.
d) JetBlue sales are going down at a spectacular rate.
b) JetBlue has been growing for four years.
c) crisis is something never heard by JetBlue.
d) JetBlue sales are going down at a spectacular rate.
❑ INSTRUÇÃO: Read the text and answer questions 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24.
The practical impacts of climate change can be hard to predict _____ the large scales of time and geography over which changes are occurring. But more frequent jolts in midair could be one way in which individuals will soon literally feel the effects.
A new scientific study says that severe turbulence could become two to three times more common later this century when there is twice as much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
‘Our new study paints the most detailed picture yet of how aircraft turbulence will respond to climate change,’ says author Dr. Paul Williams. ‘Even the most seasoned frequent fliers may be alarmed at the prospect of a 149% increase in severe turbulence, which frequently hospitalizes air travelers and flight attendants around the world.’
Climate change is expected to lead to stronger vertical wind shears in the jet stream, at the cruising altitude for most jet aircraft. Wind shears can become unstable and cause turbulence.
Williams used supercomputers simulations that calculate clear-air turbulence along Transatlantic routes in winter and found all turbulence strength levels will increase in a world with twice as much CO2. The computer models show the average amount of light turbulence will increase by 59%, 25 light-to-moderate turbulence by 75%, moderate by 94%, moderate-to-severe by 127%, and severe by 149%.
Ironically, or perhaps poetically, aviation has long been recognized as a major contributor of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Choose the best word to have the text completed correctly:
Fonte:www.forbes.com
GLOSSARY- jolt - solavanco
- seasoned - experiente
- wind shear - tesoura de vento
20 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
a) because of
b) a major cause
c) one good reason
d) for the purpose of
b) a major cause
c) one good reason
d) for the purpose of
21 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
a) result in.
b) forecast.
c) encounter.
d) accompany.
b) forecast.
c) encounter.
d) accompany.
22 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
a) Aviation is a contributory factor in 20 % of all carbon dioxide emissions.
b) there used to be three times more severe turbulence than nowadays.
c) an increase in all categories of turbulence will occur in the years to come.
d) it will take a considerable time to people experience the effects of climate change.
23 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
Which of the following are examples of Comparative and Superlative adjectives, respectively?
(A) severe (line 14) / major contributor (line 28)
(B) stronger (line 16) / the most seasoned (line 12)
(C) more frequent (line 3) / twice as much (line 23)
(D) more common (line 7) / most jet aircraft (lines 17 and 18)
24 – (EEAR-CFS-2017/2018-BCT-TURMA 2)
Which of the following is being used in the Passive Voice?
a) Williams used supercomputers simulations (...) (line 20)
b) But more frequent jolts in mid-air could be one way (...) (lines 3 and 4)
c) The practical impacts of climate change can be hard to predict (...) (lines 1 and 2)
d) Climate change is expected to lead to stronger vertical wind shears (...) (lines 16 and 17)